If you're heading to Seiken-ji temple from the direction of Shimizu station, then just before you get there, you'll come to Zuiun-in, a small, charming Buddhist temple. It's worth stopping off here as a kind of appetizer, to enjoy the calming atmosphere it has, with its serene Buddhist statues, the simple but attractive design of the halls, and the surrounding greenery.
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Zuiun-In
A small temple near historic Seiken-ji in Shimizu
By Peter Sidell
Community writer
There's a beautiful statuette inside this modern hall
These statues welcome you near the gate
Steps up to the entrance
One of the serene Buddhist statues in the grounds
One of the worship halls
Sitting on the rock of the prayer
The temple buildings
Is it sacrilegious that this reminds me a little of that statue in Belgium?
A lantern with a mushroom cap
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Anonymous
9 years ago
very nice photos!
Thank you!
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